Tire.



J. B. CRAWFORD-6a J. R. MILLIKEN;

TIRE.

"APPLIUATION FILED APR. v, 1910.

9,848., Patented May 2, 1911.

@Wi WW U .it .iin it. ,lili mi To all who/m, it may concern.' -V Be it known that We, JAMES B. CRAWFORD and Jniuns it: ti'tinniiinn, citizens ot the.

United Status, residingl at Sioux City, in the bountyY of Woodbury and State o loira, have invented certain new and useful lmproveinen n Tix. sj oi Wliieb the following is aspeelneatifiin.

kdurable and eitieient construction of vebiele Wheel in which the iteily and tire are eoli- Strueted entirely of 'metal (although it is to be understood. that the metallic tire may be provided with a resilient tread surta fe.) with no intervening; lresilient ele-niente such as rubber bloote, tubes or inetaliie or other springs, the invention aiming to provide a Vehicle Wheel 'oliieli will be streng and durable and which will be so Constructed und rranged that any blow, shock, or jar oeozo sioned by tbe tread ot the tire coming in oentaet Suddenlywitli bard foreign enbstenee cannot be communicated to the hub of the Wheel nor teit by the oeeupants of tbe vehicle. And tbe invention hat; for a turtlier object, the provision of means whereby through proper adjustment and construe-- tion, there produeed metallic tire Wheel which avoids the communication oit any shock, or jar, strain or blow imposed upon the tread surface of the tireY` to the hub of the 'wheel and through the hule to the body of the ear and other vehicle.

lNitti these and other objects in view` as.'

will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in eert-ain constructions, arrangements and eombinations of the parts that We shall hereinafter fully describe and Claim. y

For tull' understanding of the invention, reference is to be bad to tbelfoilowing description and accompanying drawings in which: w

Figure l a side elevation of aA tire and Wheel constructed in accordance with our invention, tie parts being shown in section; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional vien on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and, Fig. 3 is a perspee tive View oit seine of the parts detached and broken awe-Dy.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated Specification of Letters reten't.

partis in tbe nature et a ring;

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Application itl-eri April Y, i316. Serial No.V e.

in all the 'views of the eoeon'ip 1 ings by tlie reference ener-:iet

The tire @four impro vel .may be Constructed oi iro metal of sniiieie-nt thickness and withstand. hard usage and w1 constructed in one niet` made oft om or tbe like5 orpiix made a roll d :Steel may be constructed in two or nuirep s or n and the tivo parte bran/eo togretherLJ point Conf tire being "L shown in V"i 3 'l alle ab", 'with ti.' l, and an inwardly en l 2 wliieb is preferably i'ornied Wit an undef biting inner edge fiorired the outer edge or treed Surface of tbe tifnil:

portion l of vtbe tire may provi( et v cushion tread sui-tace of r )ber or the like secured red y Je The posed oi tivo par Circular nionibe.

g; annular the latter being; adapted to bee agg: side face o;t 'the iiange of the tire, t

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at G adapted to be secar 4,l te t tree side edge of tbe Circular any desired Way, or i; any desii and adapted to lie against the oi face of the tnnge 2; the foliy nnen pleted being in the nati' of a tfur'e- Y channeled rim. Preferabiy the circular member tof the fell)5 iv'nieb., constitutes tbe ee bottoni of the channeled, ri 1n e soniewbet u ndulating; as indicated the mit" datums corresponding in extent and nein, substantially With tile 'unduiations ei tbe inner edge 3 et tbe ange The Harige 2 oft tbe vtire is forme" two sets of openings @Xieiiding trai tbelfetarougin there bei @"zury' des bervot openings iu eeen t t and ait et openings being-,g preierabljyT :vinn'iet e distant from nach other. lllie ope each Set are preferably dialnet ia posed to each other, there be'. ings in tbe present ins? meeT artt tobe understood that :my desired of openings may be ui Y. of one set deergnuted S s and are used .torinsertin i ,i bolts 9 'tor taeteningg" tf flange 5 and ring; (i of the 'edy d munll i) (l lie These holes S are slightly larger'than the carrying bolts 1l are engaged at one and the same time. The bolts 1l are of a diameter substantially equal to the width of the radially elongated openings or slots 10, so that they fit closely in the narrow way ot' the openings but they do not lfit closely in the elongated Way of the openings l0,`spaces being -thereby provided whichwill permit of the tire springing or giving, thus producing elasticity or resiliency.

Preferably all of the bolts are made of cold rolled steel hammered, with one end turned down and threaded, leavinga shoul der which bears against the inside of the felly and prevents the telly rim binding upon the tire and making a complete lock nut.. Of course the bolts are made to fit perfectly the holes in the telly.

Connecting the .felly with the hub are any desired number of spokes l2, the same being preferably so arranged that none of the connecting points of the spokes with the telly are directly opposite to any of the carrying bolts 1l, nor directly opposite 'the bolts 9, thus avoiding any direct or positive communication with the tire and the hub of the wheel, and through the hub to the body of the car.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: v

l. A tire of the character described, consisting of a metallicl body portion provided with an inwardly extending annular flange, in combination. with a telly embracing the ange, the flange being formed .with radially extending transversely opening slots, boltsl extending through the sides of the fellyand of substantially the same Width as said slots, but capable of moving radially therein, the iiange being also formed with round open- -ing's extending transversely therethrough and other bolts of slightly smaller diameter than said'round openings extending through openings and secured to the sides of the 2. The herein described tire, consisting es Y seas/ie correspondingly undulated, and bolts. ex-

tending tllrough the side members of the rim and through the openings in the flange and being of slightly smaller diameter than said openings.

3. llie herein described tire, consisting of ametallic body portion, formed with an inwardly extending annular Harige, said flange being formed with a plurality of openings extending transversel therethrough in combination with a rim which embraces the flange bolts extending through the side members' o the rim and mounted 1n said openings and of less diameter than the openings, the said openings being diametrically opposite to each other, the flange being formed with another set of openings, said last named openings being radial y elongated and bolts mounted in said last named openings and secured to the side members of the rim, the last named bolts having a limited radial movement in said last named openings.

4. The herein described tire, consisting ff a .metallic body portion formed with an inwardly extending annular flange, said flangebcing formed with a plurality of openings extending transversely therethrough, in combination with a rim which embraces the flange, bolts extending through the side members of the rim and mounted in said openings and otl less diameter than the openings, the said openings being diametrically JAMES B. CRAWFORD. [1.. s..] JAMES R. MILLIKEN. [1.. s]

TWitnesses H. B. CARTER, JNO. R. CARTER. 

